During the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 I was stranded in San Francisco.
With nothing better to do, I walked to a friend's house to see if she
was safe or even made it home from downtown.  Near her home I
encountered a Westy in which the owners had set up housekeeping for the
evening in front of their house.  They even had a TV running.  I've
always thought that was a cool idea - if that happens at least I can go
wait it out in my van.  The aftershocks were unnerving, to say the
least, so I encountered many residents that night who were simply
hanging out outdoors rather than stay inside with everything
shaking/falling.  I encountered a lady who's home had a huge crack down
one wall; my friend's house was a total mess - absolutely everything
that could fall over had done so.

Donna in Tracy 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Aristotle Sagan
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 3:28 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Van-be-gone

I suspect the Westy will someday be resurrected as a rolling Earthquake
emergency kit. I got everything to make it whole, except time, money and
energy.

tim in san jose

On 10/28/05, Joseph Fortino <fortino1@earthlink.net> wrote:
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